Trump Congratulated by World Leaders on White House Comeback

Donald Trump at the Palm Beach Convention Center on Nov. 6.

Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg
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World leaders congratulated Donald Trump as he stormed to victory in the US election, capping one of the most tumultuous campaigns in modern political history to defeat his Democratic challenger Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump’s win marks a stunning comeback. The Republican left the White House in disgrace four years ago after a mob of his supporters stormed the US Capitol in a bid to overturn his election loss to Joe Biden. But voters bruised by the biggest surge of inflation in four decades rejected Harris, who stepped in at the 11th hour with her bid to become America’s first female leader.